Multiple casting
portrayed in
small town,
earthy play
"It's a play that is fun, light, heavy, sad,
sometimes jarring, totally hysterical and a
play that often hits home," said Roby Robin
son, director of the winter production
"Spoon River Anthology".
The 12 person cast consists of Barbara
Bragg, Neil Hass, Harriet Mason, Joanne
Mason, Lynn Meyer, Brian Puckett, Rod
Ragsdale, Ardys Reed, Robert Reed, Mari-
lou Shanklin, Terry Timmen and Millard
Word. They will portray a total of 60-70
characters through the technique of multi
ple characterization.
Based on Edgar Lee Masters' "Spoon
River Anthology" the play is about the
small town. Spoon River, and the lives of
the residents there. The play will feature a
number of old, classical folksongs and ori
ginal ones written by Rod Ragsdale. Singing
and dancing will also be featured through
out the play.
The play will begin Friday, Jan. 28 and
run three weekends, closing on Saturday,
Feb. 12. Tickets are available at the Tri-
City Chamber of Commerce and reservations
can be made by calling 655-1619 Friday
after 5 p.m. and 656-2638 all day Saturday.
Admission is $3 adults, $2.50 students,
and $1.50 children. Group rates will be
available on request for groups of 15 or
more.
Tentative plans are being made for enter
ing "Spoon River Anthology" in a regional
competition hosted by Portland Civic Thea
tre (PCT) March 5 and 6.
Winners of the PCT competition will
travel to Washington for national competi
tion and on to Monaco some time next year
for international competition.
Brian Puckett observes as Marylou Shanklin strums the chord of the barnyard
tune of "Spoon River Anthology."
Group featurei
Theatre visits
A unique, two-man acting team, the New
Theatre, will perform at Clackamas Com
munity College Thursday, Jan. 27, at 8 p.m.
in the Community Center Mall.
The New Theatre, which consists of Paul
E. Richards and Gerald Hiken, will present
scenes, sketches, poems and dialogues that
provide the audience with new insights into
acting.
Both men are members of the Actors
Studio in New York and have performed on
and off Broadway.
Richards and Hiken are the whole acting
company, design staff, promotion depart
ment and playwrights-in-residence. They
work without costumes, scenery or props
and require only an open space for a stage.
The two men feel it is important to
break down the barriers that divide the
actors from the audience. They accomplish
th
rough a variety of techniques, in
cluding entering the audience before a per
formance to make friends.
The actors will conduct a workshop at
Clackamas in the McLoughlin Hall Theatre
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at 2 p.m. on Jan. 27.
Admission is $1.50 for students and $2.50
for adults. Senior citizens will be admitted
free with a Gold Card.
Dance planned
An exciting 24 hours is planned for
Clackamas Community College's Community
Center Mall Feb. 11 and 12 as a dance
marathon to raise money for the fight against
muscular dystrophy will be staged.
Students from area high schools and
Clackamas Community College and the pub
lic are invited to participate. Pledge forms
are available at the student activities offices
of the high schools and the college.
There will be live bands, including a six-
hour disco show, for the 6 p.m. Friday,
Feb. 11, to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12,
marathon.
Prizes will be awarded for most money
raised and pledges as well as door prizes and
various dance contests.
Those who wish to watch the marathon,
which is titled "Dance For Those Who
Can't", will be admitted for $1.
Rock group Raintree will perform
day, Jan. 29, in the Clackamas Comr
College Community Center Mall for)
beginning at 8 p.m.
The contemporary rock group, il
made up of four males and a lead I
vocalist, specializes in original comp«
and the music of groups such as the!
and America.
Tickets are free for CCC students
all others paying $1.
Depression fill
How to deal with depression ¡nap
manner is the theme of the film D
si on. . .Blahs, Blues, and Better Da)
be shown at Clackamas CommunityC
at noon today in the Community!
building, room 117.
Many adolescents who experience
culties in their growing up years tui
drugs, vandalism, absenteeism. . .and
suicide. For more mature people, job
tines may lead to severe problems.
The film shows how depression«
recognized and overcome, and the kin
problems which may stem from depres
"Depression. . .Blahs, Blues and I
Days" is part of the Brown Bag!
offered to the public at CCC. Movie
may bring their lunch or purchase W
the cafeteria in the Community Center.
Clackamas Community fi